What is Analytic Phonics?

The Analytic Phonics method teaches children the phonic relationships among words. Children are taught to analyze letter-sound relationships and look to decode words based upon spelling and letter patterns and their sounds.

For example, if the child knows "bat", "cat" and "hat", then the word "mat" will be easy to read.

What is the Appropriate age range?This method is appropriate for first and second graders and struggling readers.

How to Teach itFirst the students must know all the letters in the alphabet and their sounds. The child will need to be able to identify the sounds in the beginning, middle and end of a word. Once the students are able to do that, the teacher then selects a text that has a lot of letter sounds.

Next the teacher presents the words to the students (usually site words are selected to start).

For example, the teacher places these words on the board: light, bright, night or green, grass, grow.

The teacher then asks the students how these words are alike. The student would respond, "They all have "ight" at the end of the word." or "They all have "gr" at the beginning of the word.

Next the teacher focuses on the sound of the words make by saying, "How does the "ight" sound in these words?" or "How does the "gr" sound in these words?"

The teacher picks a text for the students to read that has the sound they are focusing on. For example, choose a text that has the word family, "ight" (light, might, fight, right) or choose a text that has the word family, "gr" (green, grass, grow, gray, great, grape).

Finally the teacher reinforces to the students that they just used adecoding strategyto help them read and understand words based upon the relationships letters have with one another.

Tips for SuccessUse books that have predicable, repetitive sentences.Encourage children to use picture clues for any unknown words.Teach students aboutword families. (now, how cow) (down, frown, brown)

Encourage students to look for constant clusters at the beginning and ends of words.(bl,fr,st,nd)

When teaching analytic phonics make sure to emphasize on the importance of each sound

What is it?Repeated readings is when a student reads the same text over and over again until the rate of reading has no errors.

This strategy can be done individually or in a group setting.

Purpose of the StrategyTeachers use this reading strategy to help their students develop fluency andcomprehensionwhile reading. This method was designed to help students who have little to no experience with reading fluently to gain confidence, speed and process words automatically.

How to Teach itChoose a story that is approximately 50-200 words. ( A passage that is 100 words long seems to work the best)Select a story or passage that isdecodableverse predicable.Select a few words that you think will be hard for the students to learn and explain them.

Read the story or passage you chose aloud to the students.Have students read the selected passage aloud.Have students re-read the passage as many times as needed until the text is fluent.

ActivitiesPartnering

Partner Reading- This is where two students are grouped into pairs who are on the same reading level.

Group students into pairs.Have the first reader select a passage and read it to their partner three times.While the student is reading the partner take notes and helps with words as needed.Students then switch roles and repeat the process.

Choral Readingis another way for students to practice re-reading text. Group students into pairs and have them read a passage together in unison.

Echo Reading- Echo reading is a wonderful way for students to practice their phrasing and expression while instilling confidence in their reading. In this activity the student follows along with their finger while the teacher reads a short passage. Once the teacher stops, the student echos back what the teacher just read.

IndividuallyTape Assistance- A tape recorder is a great way for students to practice re-reading text. When using tapes, students are able to read and re-read the text as many times as needed to increase their speed and fluency. Once the text has been modeled by the teacher, the student can then practice reading in unison with the tape recorder. After the student feels confident in the text then they can read it to the teacher.

Timed Reading- Timed reading is when an individual student uses a stopwatch to keep track of their reading. The student tracks their progress on a chart to see how their speed improved over the course of reading the passage several times.

Tips for Success

Build students site word knowledge by usingword walls, bingo, flashcards and speed drills.Practice reading with appropriate texts.Allow students to choose what they read from a few passages you choose.Enlist parents or volunteers to help when practicing re-reading skills.

Presented By: Ryan Phil S. Gonzales